Council is made up of a Mayor and twelve Councillors.
Council's Mayor is Councillor Paul Green.
In September each year the Councillors elect a Deputy Mayor and Assistant Deputy Mayor. For 2011/2012 the Deputy Mayor is Councillor Andrew Guile and the Assistant Deputy Mayor is Councillor Greg Watson.
The current Council members were elected in the 2008 Local Government elections.
History of Council and previous Councillors (PDF 74 kb)